People's Democratic Movement (Turks and Caicos Islands)

People's Democratic Movement PDM
Leader	Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson
Founded	1975
Ideology	Constitutional monarchism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre-left
House of Assembly	7 / 15

The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in the Turks and Caicos Islands founded by James Alexander George Smith McCartney and Lewis Edwin Astwood III. The current leader is the Hon. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and the current deputy leader is Sean Astwood.

According to the PDM's website www.votepdm.com, the People's Democratic Movement (PDM) is the oldest established political organization in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Founded in October 1975, the PDM was the first party to be elected to head the Government.

At the 2003 legislative elections, the party won 7 out of 13 seats. It lost two of these seats at a by-election on 7 August 2003. In the 9 February 2007 elections the party won only 2 out of 15 seats.

In July 2012, Oswald Skippings was elected as the leader of the PDM, while Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson defeated Sean Astwood to become the party's first-ever female deputy leader.^[1] The party will field 15 candidates in the 2012 election.^[2] On November 9, 2012 the PDM was defeated by the PNP and Oswald Skippings stepped down as leader.

Former PDM party leaders:

National Chairman Lyndon Hall

First Vice Chairman Clarence Selver

Second Vice Chairman Roger Harvey

Assistant Secretary General Charmaine Elliott

Assistant Treasurer Oral Selver

National Chaplain Terrence Smith

Party Whip Lewis Astwood

Party Trustees Lewellyn Handfield and Herbert Been

They have maybe changed already.

References

1. "Skippings, Cartwright-Robinson To Lead PDM". Turks and Caicos Free Press. 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
2. Tyson, Vivian (2012-10-25). "37 candidates nominated". Turks & Caicos Sun. Retrieved 2012-10-30.